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-300.
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In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
No.
44956/15.
and address
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign mice.
Loudon.
C.O
FOREIGN OFFICE
385
27 APR.1915
Sir:-
19493
READ
28 APR 15
With reference to your letter of the 15th in-
stant No.15949/15 respecting the proposed contribu-
tion of the Hong Kong Government towards the cost of
the establishment of & Registry of Companies in
Shanghai, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to
say that he has had under consideration various pro-
posals to provide for the working of the new Registry
and these proposals, as far as remuneration is con-
cerned, have been measured by the estimated cost to
the Colonial Government of maintaining a registry at
Shanghai. As such a registry would be subordinate to
the Hong Kong Registry, it was assumed that it would
be served by a deputy registrar only, whose salary
might be estimated at not less than six hundred pounds
a year with an allowance for quarters of one hundred
pounds a year, and some additional allowance to pro-
The Under secretary of State
1
Colonial Office.
vide
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